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baker

baker

76 1.0
A person who makes and sells bread, cakes, and similar foods
  • noun
  • /ˈbeɪkər/
translation icon : panadero
  • So I worked at a Cafe and then I became a Baker and baked bread on the morning shift.
  • baker's bread
  • baker's dozen
  • butchers and bakers

So if I was a, a butcher and you were a Baker, I, I wanted some of your bread.

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Examples

  • The baker prepared fresh bread and pastries every morning at the local shop.

  • It says here that you are, by profession, a baker.

  • So I worked at a cafe and then I became a Baker and baked bread on the morning shift.

  • Dad's a baker, clearly gets on with his wife, seven kids.

  • Sol had started out as a baker and still has a few friends in the business.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • There was a little Italian baker that baked all these fresh pies every morning.

  • I mean, Milton Abel Junior is one of the best bakers I've ever met.

  • The proponents of the ten-hour law for bakers had argued that the statute was justified by concerns for health.

    Academic text (2017)
  • After years of practice, she became a skilled baker known for her delicious cakes.

  • He decided to become a baker because he loved creating treats that made people happy.

Synonyms

bread maker
vsbaker
1 2.3

A person who bakes bread or cakes for a living

often bakes and sells a wider range of baked goods

How Skilled

baker
76 1.0
trainee
50 2.4

Surface Forms

baker singular
bakers plural

Morphology

baker = bake (transparent) = bake + er

Clear agentive formation: 'bake' + '-er' yields 'a person who bakes', which a B1 learner can derive.

Etymology

The word baker comes from the old English verb bake, which means 'to cook in an oven', and the ending -er, which means 'person who does something'. So a baker is 'a person who bakes', someone who makes bread and cakes.